Combating Satanic Wiles

Friday 27 May
READ: Eph.6:10-16
MORE LESSON: II Thess.2:9-13

Wiles are tricks, gimmicks, deceits and strategies that satan uses to trap people unawares, especially Christians who should know better. God, in this verse, did not say we should ignore these wiles but that to overcome we must be armed against them. Why do we need to be armoured against wiles? It must mean that wiles have effect. Carelessness can make wiles effective against even the strongest man; by wiles satan used Delilah to finish Samson.
One of the wiles that satan uses to overcome Christians is the power of past glories of satan wrapped in ignorance of the truth by Christians, Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part in the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death; that is the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage: Heb.2:14-15. A careful look at this scripture reveals the wiles that satan uses to cheat and punish men, the lie that he has power. Satan HAD the power of death; it was in the past! That power has been taken from him by the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus passed through death, destroyed satan's power through His death on the cross and His resurrection from the dead. So in your life satan's wiles must come to an end because Jesus has won the victory and satan is a liar.
Refusing to walk in this truth and appropriate it leads to damnation, That they all might be damned who believed not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness: II Thess.2:12. Therefore to overcome satan's lies, a child of God must be fully armed with the truth of the imputed righteousness of God for all men who have received Jesus as Lord and Saviour, For he hath made him to be sin for us , who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him: II Cor.5:21.They must also be armed with the truth of the defeat of satan on the cross, Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; and having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it....: Col.2:14-15. The believer's authority and power over satan and his forces is another truth to be armed with, Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you: Luke 10:19.
These truths along with several others that abound in the Scripture are what a believer must be armed with to overcome satanic wiles in this world. These must be read, meditated upon and even memorised with strong confessions in warfare in order to stay free of satan's wiles. The price that Jesus paid will not be nullified in your life, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* I command all satanic wiles to be abolished in my life henceforth, in Jesus’ name.
* The truth set me free today; I shall no longer be bound.
* Sing a song of victory and confess the victory of Jesus over your life all through today.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, let my profiting begin to appear to all men from today, in the name of Jesus!